Show me a hero
Jeremy Scott · 2011
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"The 'Roaring Twenties' they called it: a fun time to be alive. The jazz age of Fords, flappers, [Prohibition] and bathtub gin. The moviers, radio and consumerism have redefined the American dream: this is the dawn of our modern era. The machine is the future and supreme among machines is the aeroplane. The aeroplane - speed, glamour, communication - is the emblem of the Now. And a race is on to be the first to fly to the North Pole ... a perilous feat at the extreme edge of technological possibility in the primitive aircraft of the day. The main contestant: Roald Amundsen, who trudged first to the South Pole fourteen years before but is now fifty two, bankrupt and tarnished. His principal competitor: Richard Byrd, Annapolis graduate and well-connected Virginian swell. ..."--Book jacket.
Book details
- Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Biteback
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 278
- ISBN
- 9781849541305
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